A simple Kanban board has 3 columns: To do, In progress, Done. Tasks in To Do haven’t been picked up yet; In progress shows tasks that are being worked on; Done contains the tasks that have been completed. If you’re not careful, the “in progress” column can get overwhelming. Here are a few things to […]
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Navigating estimates and due dates in Agile
Software estimates are hard. Even with deep knowledge of the technologies being used, not to mention the system you’re working on, we’ve all run into issues we didn’t see coming. And when it’s plain sailing, what if you get interrupted – or asked to do something else before you’re ready? In looking to understand more […]
The Agile board should reflect reality
A team’s Agile board contains all of their work. It should be possible to look at the board to get a sense of what’s happening, such as the status of tasks, who’s working on what, and what’s been completed so far. If the board is the master source for keeping track of how things are […]
Subway map to Agile practices – and thoughts on not knowing everything
Over at Agile Alliance, there’s a great subway map that shows various aspects of Scrum, Lean, XP and others. Using Extreme Programming (XP) as an example, if you pick a subway line and look at the titles of each “stop”, you may find you’ve heard of some of them – or you may already be […]